Karius, who is set to play some part for Liverpool in their pre-season friendly against Chester on Saturday, has a huge social media following – with 1.9million followers on Instagram and 491,000 on Twitter.

Many still remain unconvinced by his suitability to be the club’s number one goalkeeper but manager Jurgen Klopp, having been unable to secure any of his identified targets like Atletico Madrid’s Jan Oblak or Roma’s Alisson for the right price, is ready to start the new campaign with the former Mainz man.